Toward a Monetary Union in the East African Community
- Overview
- 1. How Susceptible Are the EAC Economies to Asymmetric Shocks?
- 2. Does the Exchange Rate Cause or Absorb Shocks in the EAC Countries?
- 3. Risk Sharing and Other Mechanisms to Mitigate the Impact of Shocks
- 4. Conclusions
- Appendix I. Exchange Rate Classification Codes
- Appendix II. Country Specifications in the SVAR
- Appendix III. Impulse Response Functions
- Appendix IV. Variance Decompositions
Chapter
2. Does the Exchange Rate Cause or Absorb Shocks in the EAC Countries?
- Paulo Drummond, Ari Aisen, Emre Alper, Ejona Fuli, and Sébastien Walker
- Published Date:
- July 2015

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